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DEPARTMENT OF STATE 



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PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



International 
Boundary Commission 

UNITED STATES AND 
MEXICO 



MONUMENTATION 

OF THE 

RAILROAD BRIDGES 



BROWNSVILLE and MATAMOROS 

TEXAS TAMAULIPAS 



LAREDO AND NUEVO LAREDO 

TEXAS TAMAULIPAS 



( Published by American Section.) 



DEPARTMENT OF STATE 



PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



International 
Boundary Commission 

UNITED STATES AND 
MEXICO 



MONUMENTATION 



RAILROAD BRIDGES 



BROWNSVILLE and MATAMOROS 

TEXAS TAMAULIPAS 



LAREDO AND NUEVO LAREDO 

TEXAS TAMAULIPAS 



( Published by American Section.) 



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BROWNSVILLE-MATAMOROS BRIDGE 



El Paso, Texas, October 8, 1910. 
The Honorable, The Secretary of State: 

Sir: I have the honor to enclose herewith Joint Journal of 
August 1st, with accompanying engineers' report, relating to the 
erection of an international monument on the new railroad bridge 
across the Rio Grande between Brownsville, Texas, and Matamoros, 
Tamaulipas. 

Upon the appro\al of this journal by the two Governments the 
Commission will immediately proceed with the erection of the monu- 
ment. 

I have the honor to be, sir, very respectfully. 

Your obedient servant, 

Anson Mills, 

Coiniiiissioiicr. 



( lOIXT JOURNAL.) 



El Paso. Tkxas. .lu^iist 1. 1910. 

The Joint Commission mot at the of- 
fice of the .American Commissioner at 10 
o'clock .A. M. 

Tile .Mexican Cnnnnissioiier stated 
that lie had received inst,ructions from 
his Government to reqnest that the 
.\merican Commissioner join liim in the 
placing of an international monument on 
the recently completed l)ridge across the 
Rio Grande between Brownsville, Texas, 
and Matamoros, Tamaulipas, in- accord- 
ance witli .\rticle IV of the Treatv of 
18S4. 

The American Commissioner having 
stated that he was ready to proceed in 
the matter, it was agreed that the Con- 
sulting Engineers be requested to fur- 
nish a sketch of the river at the bridge 
site, with the bridge and its piers shown 
thereon, as well as the location selected 
by them for the placing of the monu- 
ment, and accompanied by a joint report 
giving sucli information as they deem es- 
sential. 

Upon the receipt of this report, W'ith 
sketch, and approval of the Commis- 
sioners, it will be attached to this jour- 
nal and forwarded to the two Govern- 
ments for consideration. Upon the ap- 
proval by the two Governments the Con- 
sulting Engineers, when advised of such 
approval by their respective Commis- 
sioner, shall proceed to set up the monu- 
ment in a secure manner at the point 
.selected and render a joint rejiort to the 
Commissioners upon the completion of 
the work. 

A copy of this journal to be furnished 
the Consulting Engineers. 

The Commission then adjourned. 
Anson Mills, 
Wilbur Kkblinckr. 
E. B. Pug A, 
M. N. Vi-LARDi:. 



El Paso, Texas, Agosto 1 de 1910. 

La Comision Mixta se reunio a las 
10 A. M. en la oficina del Coniisionado 
.\mcricano. 

b'l Coniisionado de Mexico expuso 
([uv ha recibido de su Gobierno instruc- 
ciones para pedir al Coniisionado Ame- 
ricano que se le una con el fin de orde- 
nar, de acuerdo con lo dispuesto en el 
Articulo IV del Tratado de 1884, la 
ereccion de un monumento internacional 
en el puente recientcmente construido 
sobre el Rio Bravo entre Matamoros, 
Tamaulipas, y Brownsville, Texas. 

Llabiendo manifestado el Coniisionado 
Americano que estaba dispuesto a pro- 
ceder conforme a este deseo, se con- 
vino entre anibos Comisionados en dar 
instrucciones a los Ingenieros Consul- 
tores para que presenten un croquis de 
la parte del rio en que se halJa el puente 
citado, niostrando el puente, sus pilares 
y el sitio que elijan para colocar el 
monumento, todo acompafiado por un 
informe en comiin que contenga los 
datos que crean esenciales. 

Una vez que se reciban por los Comi- 
sionados tales informe y pianos, si mere- 
cen sn aprobacion se les declarara parte 
de esta Acta y se les transmitira a los 
dos Gobiernos para su consideracion, y 
si estos los aprueban, los Comisionados 
comunicaran tal aprobacion a sus respec- 
tivos Ligenieros Consultores, para que 
unidos procedan a construir el monu- 
mento de una nianera segura en el punto 
elegido y a rendir a los Comisionados 
un informe en coniun sobre la obra, una 
vez que quede concluida. 

Se proporcionara una copia de la pre- 
sente Acta a los Ingenieros Consultores. 

La Comision paso a ocuparse de otros 
asuntos. 

F. B. PUGA, 

M. N. Velardk. 
Anson Mills, 
Wilbur Kiiilingkr. 



(ENGINEERS' REPORT.) 
El Paso, Texas, October 6, 1910. 
The Honorable Commissioners, 

Iiifeniatioiial Boundary Comiiiissioii. 
El Paso, Texas. 



Gentlemen : In accordance with the 
request contained in your Joint Journal 
of .'\ugust 1st. 1910, we took up the mat- 



El Paso, Texas, Octobre 6 de 1910. 

A LOS HONORAULES CoMISIONADOS 

cii la Comision Internacional de 
Liinitcs. 

I'-l Pa.so, Texas. 
Senores : 

De acuerdo con lo dispuesto por uste- 
des en su .Acta de .Agosto 1° de 1910, 
1105 hemos ocuiiado de cstudiar la lo- 



ter of a location for a boundary nronu- calizacion de un monumcnto limitrofe 

nient on the railroad bridge across the en el pnente del ferrocarril que curza 

Rio Grande between Brownsville, Texas, el Rio Bravo del Norte entre Matanio- 

and Matamoros, Tamaulipas. ros, Taniaulipas y Brownsville, Texas. 

The United States consulting En- E' Ingeniero Consnltor de los Estados 

gineer obtained, after considerable de- Unidos, aunqne con bastante dilacion, 

lav. from the railroad officials a blue obtuyo de los Directores del Ferrocarril, 

print showing the layout of the bridge. "'^ ^^''°^''^^''^ ^"^' muestra la posicion 

We attach to this report a blue print ^^JJexamos a este informe nn diseno 

sketch of the bridge and we respect- ^j^j ^eferido pnente. v respetnosamente 

fully recommend that the monument be recomendamos que el monumento de que 

placed on the draw-span over the central ^^ ^^ata sea erigido en la trabe gira- 

pier. This pier is in the center of the t^ria sobre el machcMi central. Este 



river. 



machon ocupa el centre del rio. 



Respectfully submitted, Reiteramos a ustedes nuestra respe- 

W. W. FoLLKTT, tuosa consideracion. 

Co)ist<ltiiig Eiiiyiiiccr. , . „ . E. Zayas, 

^ „ ■ ingenicro Consnltor Mexicaiio. 

^- ^AYAS, -y^ YV. FOLLETT, 

Ingeniero Consnltor. U. S. Consnlting Engineer. 



Washington, November 2, 1910. 
Brigadier-General Anson Mills. U. S. A.. Retired, 

United States Commissioner, International Boiindarv 

Commission, ignited States and Mexico, JJ^ashiiujton, D. C. 
Sir: The De[)artnient acknowledges the receipt of your letter 
of the 8th iihiino, enclosing the Joint Journal of August 1, 1910, of 
the International Boundary Commission, together with the report and 
map of the engineers, relating to the erection of an international monu- 
ment on the new bridge across the Rio Grande between Brownsville. 
Texas, and Matamoros, Tamaulipas. 

In reply you are informed that the proceedings in question are 
approved by the Department. 

I am. Sir, your obedient servant, 

Alvey a. Adee, 
Acting Secretary of State. 



Washington. D. C, June 27, 191 1. 
The Honorable, the Secretary of State. 

Sir: I have the honor to enclose herewith Joint Journal, in 
Spanish and English, dated June 12, 1911, approving the report and 
maps of the Consulting Engineers concerning the erection of an 
international boundary monument on the railroad bridge between 
Brownsville, Texas, and Matamoros, Tamaulipas. 



The four i)hol()i;ra])hs mentioned in the report of the Consulting 
Engineers are enclosed and the original tilins^ map is beinj^- forwarded 
under separate cover. 

I have the honor to he. Sir, 

Verv respectfully, 

^'our obedient servant, 

Anson Mills, 

Coimuissioncr. 



(JOINT JOURNAL.) 



El Paso. Tkx.\s. June 12, 1911. 
The Joint Commission met at the of- 
fice of the Mexican Commissioner at 10 
o'clock A. M. 

The Consulting iMi.^ineers' report, 
dated December 30, 1910, on the erection 
of the international monument on the 
new railroad bridge across the Rio 
Grande l)et\vcen Brownsville, Texas, and 
Matamoros. Tamaulipas, accompanied by 
a map and four photographs, was exam- 
ined and approved by the Commissioners 
and the same is attached hereto and 
made a part of this Journal. 

The maps were signed by the Com- 
missioners and the Consulting En- 
gineers and, together with the photo- 
graphs, will be sent with this Journal to 
the two Governments for filing. 

The Commission then proceeded to 
other business. 

An. SON Mills, 
Wilbur Keblingkr, 
F. B. PuG.A., 
M. N. Vel.'Vrdk. 



El P.\so, Tex.\s. Junio 12 de 1911. 

La Comision Mixta se reunio en la 
oficina del Comisionado Mexicano a las 
10 A. M. 

El informe de los Ingenieros Consul- 
tores fechado el 30 de Diciembre de 
1910 acerca de la ereccion del monu- 
mento internacional sobre el puente 
nuevo del Rio Grande entre Browns- 
ville, Texas, y Matamoros, Tamaulipas, 
acompanado de un mapa y cuatro foto- 
grafias, se examino y aprobo por los 
Comisionados y se anexaron formando 
parte de esta acta. 

Los mapas fueron firmados por los 
Comisionados e Ingenieros Consultores ; 
y todo asi como las fotografias se en- 
viaran con esta acta a ambos Gobiernos. 
La Comision procedio a ocuparse de 
otros asuntos. 

F. B. PUGA, 
M. N. Vf.l.\rde, 
Anson Mills, 
Wilbur Kkblingkr. 



(ENGINEERS' REPORT.) 



El P.\so. Tex.^s, Dec. 30, 1910. 

To THE HoNOR.\BLE COMMISSIONERS, 

International Boundary Commission. 
United States and Mexico. 

Gentlemen: In accordance with the 
request contained in your Journal of 
August 1, 1910, w^e have placed a monu- 
ment on the new bridge across the Rio 
Grande between Brownsville, Texas, and 
Matamoros, Tamaulipas. for the purpose 
of marking the limit of jurisdiction on 
the bridge, in accordance with Article V 
of the Treaty of 1884, and we have the 
honor to report thereon as follows : 

After considerable delay we obtained 
froni the railroad officials a blue print 



Diciembre 30 de 1910. 
A los Honorables Comisionados de Li- 
mites en la Comision Internacional 
entre Mexico y los Hstados l')iidos. 
Senores Comisionados: 

En cumplimiento de lo dispucsto por 
ustedes en su .Acta del 1" de Agosto de 
1910, hemos crejido un monumento so- 
])re el puente del ferrocarril ultimamcnte 
construido entre Matamoros, Tamauli- 
pas, y Brownsville. Texas, marcando 
dicho monumento jurisdiccional en el 
puente a que se rcfiere el Art. IV del 
Tratado de 1884, y tenemos la honra de 
informar como sigue : 

Aunque con alguna tardanza pudimos 
obtcner un piano hcliografico oticial del 



showing a layout of the bridge and on 
October 6th, 1910, we reported to you 
with a sketch map, recommending that 
the monument be placed on the draw 
span over the central pier, which is, 
practically, in the center of the river. 

When this recommendation was ap- 
proved, we proceeded to erect the mon- 
ument. We found that the bridge had a 
footway outside of the truss on the 
down stream side. So that the monu- 
ment was placed on that, rather than on 
the upstream side. We also found there 
was a double vertical steel post in the 
truss over the exact center of the draw 
pier. We were obliged to put the monu- 
ment on one side or the other of this 
post. We chose the West or United 
States side. The standard cast iron 
boundary monument stands on two angle 
irons rivetted to the iron work of the 
bridge so that the wooden floors can be 
removed without disturbing it. It was 
erected November 9, 1910. No points as 
permanent as the bridge itself existed on 
either side to which we could refer the 
monument's location, so no such refer- 
ences are given on the map. The monu- 
ment stands 81.5 meters from the cop- 
ing of the bridge seat on the Texas abut- 
ment and 84.2 meters from the coping 
of the bridge seat on the Tamaulipas 
abutment, and one meter to the west 
or United States side of the exact center 
of the draw pier. 

We transmit herewith a map showing 
the bridge with the surrounding topog- 
raphy and four photographs which, while 
they do not show the whole bridge, show 
the surroundings of the monument and 
the way it is erected, very clearly. 

The notes on the map explain the sig- 
nificance of the monument. 

Respectfully submitted, 

W. W. FOLLETT, 

U. S. Consulting Engineer. 
E. Zayas, 
Ing. ConsuUor Mexo. 



referido puente y su localizacion, y el 6 
de Octubre del ano pasado, propusimos 
a ustedes que la colocacion del monu- 
mento fucse en la trabe giratoria sobre 
el machon central que practicamente 
queda en el centro del cauce del rio, 
y al efecto, entonces, remitimos un di- 
seno explicativo. 

Despues de aprobada esta proposi- 
cion, procedimos a la ereccion del monu- 
mento. Viendo que en el puente hay 
un pasaje para peatones afuera de la 
seccion que abarcan los pares y por el 
lado de aguas abajo, preferimos fijar 
el monumento en este lado. Notamos 
tambien que existe un miembro de com- 
presion vertical de acero, y doble, en el 
par que queda exactamente en el centro 
del tramo sobre el machon. Esta cir- 
cunstancia nos obligaba a fijar el monu- 
mento a un lado u otro de este poste 
y elejimos el del Oeste 6 sea el de los 
Estados Unidos. 

El dia 19 de Noviembre de 1910, 
quedo fijado el monumento tipo, de fun- 
dicion, por medio de remaches, al puente 
de acero y de tal manera, que permite 
la renovacion del enterimado en cual- 
quier tiempo sin tenerse que remover el 
monumento. 

En ninguno de los lados del rio ex- 
isten puntos fijos de referenda que 
puedan llenar su objeto mejor que el 
mismo puente. por cuya razon no mos- 
tramos tales referencias en el piano que 
se acompafia. Quedo el monumento a 
81.5 metros distante del cordon de 
asiento del puente que corresponde al 
estribo del lado de Texas, y a 84.2 
metros del correspondiente al lado de 
Tamaulipas, y tambien a 1 metros hacia 
el Oeste, 6 lado americano, del punto 
exacto central del machon en que gira 
la trabe. 

Acompaiiamos un piano que muestra 
el puente y los alrrededores topograficos 
y cuatro fotografias que, aunque no en- 
senan la totalidad del puente, si mues- 
tran con bastante claridad los detalles 
que rodean al monumento y la manera 
como se fijo al puente. 

Las lej'endas del piano explican la 
importancia de este monumento. Reite- 
ramos a ustedes nuestro respeto. 

Firmado por 

E. Zayas, 
Ingcniero ConsuUor Mexicano. 

W. W. FoLLETT, 

U. S. Consulting Engineer. 



Washington, July 7, 1911. 

r.Ric.Ai)ii:u-('ii:.\i:R.\i. Anson Mills, U. S. A.. Retired, 

I 'iiiteil Sidles Coimiiissiouer, Interuational Boundary 

i'oiiDnissiDii, I'liited Slales and Mexico, Washington. I). C. 
Sik: I lie I )c'|)arlment acknow Icdj^cs the receipt of your letter 
of the 17\\\ ultimo, enclosiiit;- the Joint journal of June 12, 1911, of 
the International Hounclary Commission, approving the report and 
maps of the Consulting Engineers concerning the erection of an 
international houndary monument on the railroad bridge between 
l)ro\\ns\ ille. Texas, and Matamoros, Tamaulipas. 
I am. Sir. your obedient servant, 

P. C. Knox. 



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LAREDO— NUEVO-LAREDO BRIDGE 



Washington. D. C, April 23, 1912. 
The Honorable, the Secretary of State. 

Sir : 1 have the honor to enclose herewith Joint Journals, in 
Spanish and English, dated June 12, 1911, and February 15, 1912, 
covering the monunientation ui the new railroad bridge across the 
Rio Grande Ijetween Laredo, Texas, and Xue\o Laredo, Tamaulipas. 
A map showing bridge and location of the monument is being for- 
warded under separate cover. 

This monumentation was merely the changing of the monument 
from the old to the new bridge, giving it practically the same location 
as formerly, in the center of the normal channel of the river as sur- 
veyed in 1897. 

I have the honor to be. Sir, 

Very respectfully, 

^'our obedient servant, 

Anson Mills, 

Coiuiiiissioitcr. 



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(JOINT JOURNAL.) 



El Paso. Tkxas. June 12, 1911. 

The Joint Commission met at the of- 
fice of tlie Mexican Connnissioner at 10 
o'clock A. M. 

The Commission took np for consid- 
eration the joint report of the Consult- 
ing Engineers, with sketch, regarding 
the U)cation of a boundary monument 
on the new railroad bridge across the 
Rio ("irande between Laredo, Texas, 
and Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, the 
same having been furnished in accord- 
ance with telegraphic requests by the 
two Commissioners. The report and 
sketch arc attached hereto and made a 
part of this journal. 

It was agreed to adopt the location 
mentioned in the report of the Consult- 
ing Engineers and shown on their 
sketch and to request them to proceed 
with the erection of the monument as 
early as convenient and render report 
to the Commission, acompanied by a 
map and photograph. 

The Secretaries will furnish copies of 
this journal to the Consulting En- 
gineers. 

The Commission then proceeded to 
other business. 

Anson Mills, 
Wilbur Keblinger, 

F. B. PUGA, 

M. N. Velarde. 



El Paso, Texas. Junio 12 de 1911. 

La Comision Mixta se reunio en la 
Oficina del Comisionado Mexicano a las 
10 A. M. 

Se puso en estudio el informe en 
comi'm y diseno respectivo de los Inge- 
nicros Consuitores referentes a la locali- 
zacion del monumenlo internacional que 
debera colocarse en el nuevo puente entre 
Laredo. Texas, y Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, 
Tamaulipas, sobre el Rio Grande, que 
han presentado dichos ingcnicros de con- 
formidad con la orden telegrafica que se 
les din por ambos Comisionados. 

El informe y diseno de refcrencia 
forman parte de esta acta. 

Se convino en aceptar la localizacion 
que mencionan en su informe los Inge- 
nieros Consuitores que se ve en el 
diseno, recomendandoles de proceder a 
la ereccion de dicho monumento cuando 
mas les fuere conveniente y en su opor- 
tunidad rendir a los Comisionados el 
informe respectivo acompafiando al 
mismo una fotografia. 

Los Secretarios proporcionaran copias 
de esta acta a dichos ingenieros Con- 
suitores. 

La Comision continuo ocupandose de 
otros asuntos. 

F. B. Pug a, 
M. N. Velarde. 
Anson Mills. 
Wilbur Keblinger. 



(ENGINEERS' REPORT.) 



El Paso, Texas, May 31st, 1911. 
The Honorable Commissioners, 

Iiitcniiitioiuil Ihiundary Coiiiniissioii. 

Gentlemen : In accordance with in- 
structions received by each of us from 
his Commissioner, we have had a sur- 
vey made of the new location of the 
railroad bridge between Laredo and 
Nuevo Laredo, with reference to the lo- 
cation of the old bridge. 

We attach hereto a blue print show- 
ing the relative positions of the two 
bridges and we recommend that the mon 
ument be placed on the upstream truss 
over the iniddle pier. As the chords 
of the trusses are not continuous over 
the piers, it will be necessary to place 
the monument about its width off 
center, as was done at Brownsville. 



El Paso, Texas, Mayo 31 de 1911. 
A los Honorables Seilores Comisionados 

dc Limites en la Comision Interna- 
cional entre Mexico y los Estados 
liiidos. P resent es. 
Senores : 

De acuerdo con las instrucciones reci- 
bidas de nuestros respectivos Comisio- 
nados, hemos hecho un estudio de la 
nueva localizacion del puente del ferro- 
carril entre Laredo. Tam., y Laredo, 
Texas, con relacion a la del puente 
antiguo. 

Acompanamos a este informe una he- 
liografia que muestra las posiciones rela- 
tivas de ambos puentes, permitiendonos 
recomendar que el monumento se erija 
sobre la armadura de aguas arriba que 
descanza en machon del centro. Como 
los pares en las armaduras en el ma- 



le 



We recommend that it be placed on the 
Mexican side of the center. 

The i)ridge is symmetrical and con- 
sists of six spans, all alike, so that this 
pier is in the center of the bridge. It 
is also, according to our map made in 
1897, in the center of the channel of the 
river. 

Respectfully submitted, 

W. W. FOLLETT. 

Consulting Engineer. 

E. Zay.\s. 
Ingeniero Consul tor. 



chon estan desligados, se hace necesario 
colocar el monumento a una distancia, 
fuera del centre, igual a su anchura 
como se hizo en Brownsville, y reco- 
mendamos tambien que se situe hacia la 
parte de Mexico partiendo del centro 
del rcferida machon. 

El puente cs simetrico y tiene seis 
tramos 6 luces, todas iguales, por lo 
cual el machon de referencia queda en 
cl centro del puente. Asi mismo, con- 
forme al piano de 1897, ocupa el centro 
del caucc. 

E. Zayas, 
Ingeniero Consultor Mexicano. 

W. W. FoLLETT, 

U. S. Consulting Engineer. 



(JOINT JOURNAL.) 



El Paso, Texas, February 15, 1912. 

The Joint Commission met at the of- 
fice of the American Commissioner at 
10 o'clock A. M. 

The Consulting Engineers presented 
a report, with map and four photo- 
graphs, dated September 4, 1911, cov- 
ering the monumentation of the new 
railroad bridge across the Rio Grande 
between Laredo, Texas, and Nuevo 
Laredo, Tamaulipas, for the purpose of 
marking the limit of jurisdiction on the 
bridge, in accordance with Article IV 
of the Treaty of 1884, and as directed 
by the Commissioners in their Joint 
Journal of June 12, 1911. 

The Conmiissioners approved the re- 
port and signed the map presented by 
the Commissioners and the same is at- 
tached hereto and made a part of this 
record. 

The Commission then adjourned. 
Anson Mills, 
Wilbur Keblingkk, 

F. B. PUGA, 

M. N. Velarde. 



El Paso, Texas, Febrero 15 de 1912. 
La Comision Mixta se reunio en la 
oficina de su Seccion Americana a las 
10 A. M. 

Los Ingenieros Consultores le some- 
tieren en segdida un in forme colectivo 
fecliado el 4 de Septiembre de 1911 
acompanado por 4 fotografias y un 
piano y referente a la monumentacion 
hecha en el nuevo puente de ferrocarril 
construido a traves del Rio Bravo entre 
Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, y Laredo, 
Texas, monumentacion que tuvo por 
objeto marcar sobre dicho puente, de 
acuerdo con el Articulo IV del Tratado 
de 1884 y con las instrucciones de los 
Comisionados contenidas en su Acta de 
Junio 12 de 1911, el limite de la sobe- 
rania de uno y otro pais. 

Los Comisionados aprobaron el in- 
forme y firmaron el piano a que antes 
se aludc y acordaron que ambos docu- 
mcntos pasaran a formar parte de la 
presente Acta. 

En seguida se levanto la sesion. 
F. B. PuGA, 
M. N. Velarde. 
Anson Mills, 
Wilbur Keblinger. 



(ENGINEERS' REPORT.) 



El Paso. Texas. September 4th, 1911. 
The Honorable Commissioners. 

International Boundary Commission, 
United States and Mexico. 

Gentlemen : In accordance with the 
request contained in your Journal of 
June 12th, 1911, we have placed a 



El Paso, Texas. 
Septiembre 4 de 1911. 
A los Honorables Comisionados de Li- 
mites en la Comision Internacional 
entre Mexico y los Estados Unidos. 
Senores : 

En virtud de lo dispuesto por ustedes 
en su Acta del 12 de Junio del presente 
ano, hemos colocado un monumento del 



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standard ca>t iron nii>mimciit on the 
iK'w railroad britlge wliich crosses the 
Rio Clrande lietween Laredo, Texas, 
and Nuevo Laredo, Taniaulipas, for the 
l)nrpose of niarkin<r the limit of juris- 
diction on the hrid^e, in accordance 
with Article IV of the 'i'reaty of 18<S4. 
and we iiave the honor to report as fol- 
laws : 

'Pile nionununt was erected June 
23rd, 1911, and stands on the top chord 
of the upstream truss over the middle 
pier, just about its width to the south 
of the center of the pier, as recom- 
mended to you in our joint report dated 
May .^Ist, 1911. 

The four pictures which accompany 
this report were taken the day the mon- 
ument was put in place and they show 
clearly its position. The ties were cut 
away and the monument rests directly 
on the iron work. 

After we returned to LI Paso, we 
found that we were short .some topo- 
graphical data (the former bridge map 
being wrong), and we have been great- 
ly delayed in obtaining this informa- 
tion by mail. 

The map which accompanies this re- 
port shows the location of the new 
bridge with reference to the old one. 
It also shows the highway liridge with 
its monument. 

No points more permanent than the 
bridge itself e.xist to which the monu- 
ment can be referred ; hence no ties are 
given. 

The notes on the map explain the 
significance of the monument. 

Respect fully submitted, 

(Signed) W. W. Im)LLI'.tt, 

Coiisitlliiiii Engineer. 

(Signed) L. Z.\v.\s, 

I niicnirro Cansultor. 



tipo usual, de liierro colado, en el luievo 
puente del fcrrocarril que cruza el Rio 
Bravo entre Laredo, Tamaulijias, y La- 
redo. Texas, con el objeto de marcar 
el limite jurisdiccional .sobre el puente 
y conforme al Articulo IV del Tratado 
de 1884, teniendo nosotros ahora la 
honra de informar a ustedes conio 
sigue : 

El monumento fue erijido el 2?i de 
Junio de 1911, y esta sobre la cuerda del 
lado de agua arriba de la armadura 
mctalica y arriba del machon central, a 
una distancia del centro de este como 
del ancho del mismo monumento hacia 
el Sur, como lo recomendamos en 
nuestro informc rnixto fechado el 31 de 
Mayo de este ano. 

Las cuatro fotografia que acompana- 
mos al presente informe, fueron toma- 
das el dia en que se erijio el monu- 
mento y muestran claramente su posi- 
cion rclativa. Los durmientes fueron 
cortados para que sentara directamente 
sobre la armadura de hierro. 

Despues de nuestro regreso a El Paso, 
encontramos que necesitabamos algunos 
informes topograficos complementarios ; 
pues el piano primitive estaba errado, 
y tuvimos dificultades de alguna consi- 
deracion en obtener por correo las in- 
formaciones deseadas. 

La localizacion del puente nuevamente 
construido, con relacion al antiguo, y la 
del puente publico y su monumento re- 
spective, se muestra en el piano que 
acompanamos. 

No referimos el monumento sino al 
puente mismo sobre el cua! esta por no 
haber en la localidad, puntos que mcjor 
sirvan a este objeto. 

Las notas escritas en el piano expli- 
can la significacion 6 importancia del 
monumento. 

Reiteramos a ustedes nuestra respc- 
tuosa consideracion. 

(Firmado) E. Z.\v.\s, 
Ingcnicro Consttlfor Mexicano. 
(Firmado) W. W. Follf.tt, 
U. S. Consulting Engineer. 



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Washington. April 27, 1912. 

Brigadier-General Anson Mills, United States Army, Retired, 
American Commissioner, International Boundary 

Commission, ignited States and Mexico, Washington. 
Sir: I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 23d 
instant, transmitting Joint Journals, in Spanish and English, dated 
June 12. 1911. and February 15. 1912. covering the monumentation 
of the new railroad bridge across the Rio Grande between Laredo, 
Texas, and Xuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, together with a map showing 
the bridge and location of the monument. 

I am, Sir, your obedient servant. 

P. C. Knox. 



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